Strengthening and Celebrating America’s Capacity for Innovation

Throughout the week of June 20, we’ll be taking stock of America’s innovative progress over the last seven-and-a-half years and announcing new steps we’re taking to build on those efforts -- including supporting advanced manufacturing and making, laying the groundwork for smart and connected cities, and expanding inclusive entrepreneurship across the United States. That's what President Barack Obama will be discussing at the third annual SelectUSA Summit.

He'll be joining 2,400 global business leaders representing more than 70 markets to discuss the role that innovation and smart trade policies like the Trans-Pacific Partnership play in attracting investment to the United States and supporting good American jobs. The President will bookend the week with a sit-down with Facebook’s Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and three global entrepreneurs on the last day of the seventh annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit on June 24 -- an event that will showcase the importance of empowering global entrepreneurs to make communities around the world more economically prosperous and secure.